Shoestring-fastener.



PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906.

' E. B. GUENZEL.

SHOESTRING FASTENER. APPLIOATION FILED 00127, 1903.

WITNESSES. JNVENTOR Allorney EDWARD B. GUENZEL, OF TRACY, IOWA.

SH OESTRlNG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed October 2'7, 1903. Serial No. 178,744.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. GUENZEL, of Tracy, in the county of Marion and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoestring-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved fastener for shoestrings, the object of the invention being to produce a device of this character which shall be simple in construction, which can be readily secured to any laced shoe, and which will permit the shoestring to be quickly and securelyfastened, and also which will permitthe string to be quickly released by the user.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a shoe, showing the application of my improvements thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a view of a modification.

A represents a shoe provided with suitable eyes to receive a lacing-stringy.

Near the topof the shoe-upper my improved fastener is secured by riveting or in any other suitable manner. This fastener comprises a base portion, preferably of sheet metal, which is secured to' the shoe-upper, and an integral tongue j, projecting from one edge of the base portion and bent over the same to form a hook. An auxiliary tongue projects laterally from an edge of the baseplate, and this tongue is bent upon itself and made to project parallel with the edge of the base from which it projects, as at g.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig.

3 the auxiliary tongue h is made to project downwardly from the tongue or hook 7'.

In using the improved fasten er the string is inserted between the base-plate and the hook or tongue and then wrapped around the latter, as shown in Fig. 1. The free end of the string is then looped over the auxiliary tongue 9 to avoid accidental disengagement of the string from the hook-tongue i.

With a fastener constructed as above described the string can be quickly and permanently fastened, and it can be quickly released by the user.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shoestring fastener, comprising a base, a tongue projecting over the base for the reception of a string, and an auxiliary tongue at one side of the main tongue the edge of said auxiliary tongue having clamping relation with the adjacent portion of the device tc1 retain the free end of the string securely in p ace.

2. A shoestring fastener, comprising a base, a tongue projecting from said base and disposed over the same for the reception of the string, and an auxiliary tongue projecting from said base the edge of said auxiliary tongue having clamping relation with the base to confine the free end of the string.

3. A shoestring fastener, comprising a sheet-metal base, a tongue integral with one edge of said base and bent over the base to form a hook, and an auxiliary tongue projecting from another edge of the base and bent to lie parallel with the edge of the base from which it projects, the edge of said auxiliary tongue cooperating with the base to confine the free end of the string.

EDWARD B. GUENZEL.

Witnesses:

Ms. B. BoLToN, FRANK F. ROUZE. 

